Maria Del Carmen Herrojo-Ruiz
- Leading Research Fellow:Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience
- Maria Del Carmen Herrojo-Ruiz has been at HSE University since 2022.
Education and Degrees
- 2009
PhD
University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover - 2005
MSc
Autonomous University of Madrid
Publications30
- Article Kopytin G., Ivanova M., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Shestakova A. Evaluating the Influence of Musical and Monetary Rewards on Decision Making through Computational Modelling // Behavioral Sciences. 2024. Vol. 14. No. 2. Article 124. doi
- Article Hein T. P., Gong Z., Ivanova M., Fedele T., Nikulin V., Maria Herrojo Ruiz. Anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex oscillations underlie learning alterations in trait anxiety in humans // Communications Biology. 2023. Vol. 6 doi
- Article Vidaurre C., Nikulin V., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D. Identification of spatial patterns with maximum association between power of resting state neural oscillations and trait anxiety // Neural Computing and Applications. 2022. P. 1-13. doi
- Article Polychroni N., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Terhune D. B. Introspection confidence predicts EEG decoding of self-generated thoughts and meta-awareness // Human Brain Mapping. 2022. Vol. 43. No. 7. P. 2311-2327. doi (in press)
- Article O. E. Moiseenko, D. O. Bredikhin, M. Herrojo Ruiz, V. V. Moiseeva, A. N. Shestakova. MEG study of somatosensory MMN evoked by electrical stimulation // Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I.P. Pavlova. 2022. Vol. 72. No. 5. P. 697-706. doi (in press)
- Chapter Marina Ivanova, Herrojo-Ruiz M. D. Motor Learning and Decision Making in Volatile Environment in Bipolar Disorder, in: 2022 Fourth International Conference Neurotechnologies and Neurointerfaces (CNN) Kaliningrad, 14-16 Sept. 2022. IEEE, 2022. doi Ch. 19. P. 55-58. doi
- Article Hein T., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D. State anxiety alters the neural oscillatory correlates of predictions and prediction errors during reward-based learning // Neuroimage. 2022. Vol. 249. P. 118895-118905. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Maudrich T., Kalloch B., Sammler D., Kenville R., Villringer A., Sehm B., Nikulin V. Modulation of neural activity in frontopolar cortex drives reward-based motor learning // Scientific Reports. 2021. Vol. 11. No. 1. Article 20303. doi
- Article Azanova M., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Belianin A. V., Klucharev V., Nikulin V. Resting-State Theta Oscillations and Reward Sensitivity in Risk Taking // Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021. Vol. 15. Article 608699. doi
- Article Sporn S., Hein T., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D. Alterations in the amplitude and burst rate of beta oscillations impair reward-dependent motor learning in anxiety // eLife. 2020. No. 9. P. 1-40. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Hein T., de Fockert J. State anxiety biases estimates of uncertainty and impairs reward learning in volatile environments // Neuroimage. 2020. P. 1-20. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Schmidt R., Kilavik B. E., Lundqvist M., Starr P. A., Aron A. R. Beta Oscillations in Working Memory, Executive Control of Movement and Thought, and Sensorimotor Function // Journal of Neuroscience. 2019. Vol. 39 . No. 42. P. 8231-8238. doi (in press)
- Article Bury G., García-Huéscar M., Bhattacharya J., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D. Cardiac afferent activity modulates early neural signature of error detection during skilled performance // Neuroimage. 2019. Vol. 199. P. 704-717. doi (in press)
- Article Michail G., Nikulin V., Curio G., Maess B., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D. Disruption of Boundary Encoding During Sensorimotor Sequence Learning: An MEG Study // Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2018. P. 1-20. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Nikulin V., Curio G., Maess B., Altenmüller E. Cingulate and cerebellar beta oscillations are engaged in the acquisition of auditory‐motor sequences // Human Brain Mapping. 2017. Vol. 38. P. 5161-5179. doi (in press)
- Article Accolla E., Horn A., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Neumann W., Kühn A. A. Reply: Oscillatory coupling of the subthalamic nucleus in obsessive compulsive disorder // Brain. 2017. Vol. 140. No. 9. P. 57-60. doi (in press)
- Article Accolla E., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Horn A., Schneider G., Schmitz-Hübsch T., Draganski B., Kühn A. A. Brain networks modulated by subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation // Brain. 2016. Vol. 139. No. 9. P. 2503-2515. doi (in press)
- Article Cheng F. P., Eddy M., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Großbach M., Altenmüller E. Sensory feedback – Dependent neural de-orchestration: The effect of altered sensory feedback on Musician’s Dystonia // Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 2016. Vol. 34. No. 1. P. 55-65. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Brücke C., Nikulin V., Schneider G., Kühn A. A. Beta-band amplitude oscillations in the human internal globus pallidus support the encoding of sequence boundaries during initial sensorimotor sequence learning // Neuroimage. 2014. Vol. 85. No. 2. P. 779-793. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Rusconi M., Brücke C., Haynes J., Schönecker T., Kühn A. A. Encoding of sequence boundaries in the subthalamic nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease // Brain. 2014. Vol. 137. No. 10. P. 2715-2730. doi (in press)
- Article Siegert S., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Brücke C., Huebl J., Schneider G., Ullsperger M., Kühn A. A. Error signals in the subthalamic nucleus are related to post-error slowing in patients with Parkinson's disease // Cortex. 2014. Vol. 60. P. 103-120. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Huebl J., Schönecker T., Kupsch A., Yarrow K., Krauss J. K., Schneider G., Kühn A. A. Involvement of Human Internal Globus Pallidus in the Early Modulation of Cortical Error-Related Activity // Cerebral Cortex. 2014. Vol. 24. No. 6. P. 1502-1517. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Hong S. B., Hennig H., Altenmüller E., Kühn A. A. Long-range correlation properties in timing of skilled piano performance: the influence of auditory feedback and deep brain stimulation // Frontiers in Psychology. 2014. P. 1-13. doi (in press)
- Article Neumann W., Huebl J., Brücke C., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Kupsch A., Schneider G., Kühn A. A. Enhanced low‐frequency oscillatory activity of the subthalamic nucleus in a patient with dystonia // Movement Disorders. 2012. Vol. 27. No. 8. P. 1063-1066. doi (in press)
- Article Strübing F., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Jabusch H., Altenmüller E. Error monitoring is altered in musician’s dystonia: evidence from ERP-based studies // Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2012. Vol. 1252. No. 1. P. 192-199. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Strübing F., Jabusch H., Altenmüller E. EEG oscillatory patterns are associated with error prediction during music performance and are altered in musician's dystonia // Neuroimage. 2011. Vol. 55. No. 4. P. 1791-1803. doi (in press)
- Article Pearce M., Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Kapasi S., Wiggins G. A., Bhattacharya J. Unsupervised statistical learning underpins computational, behavioural, and neural manifestations of musical expectation // Neuroimage. 2010. Vol. 50. No. 1. P. 302-313. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Jabusch H., Altenmüller E. Detecting wrong notes in advance: neuronal correlates of error monitoring in pianists // Cerebral Cortex. 2009. Vol. 19. No. 11. P. 2625-2639. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Koelsch S., Bhattacharya J. Decrease in early right alpha band phase synchronization and late gamma band oscillations in processing syntax in music // Human Brain Mapping. 2008. Vol. 30. No. 4. P. 1207-1225. doi (in press)
- Article Herrojo-Ruiz M. D., Senghaas P., Grossbach M., Jabusch H., Bangert M., Hummel F., Gerloff C., Altenmüller E. Defective inhibition and inter‐regional phase synchronization in pianists with musician's dystonia: An EEG study // Human Brain Mapping. 2008. Vol. 30. No. 8. P. 2689-2700. doi (in press)
Conferences
- Konferenz 'Fluctuations and Noise 2003', International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA). 01.06.03-04.06.03.
- Tagung 'Non-Equilibrium Phenomena and Phase Transitions in Complex Systems', Zentrum für Wissenschaft, Benasque, Huesca (Spanien). 11.09.03-17.09.03.
- XII Konferenz für Statistische Physik 'FisEs 03', Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona (Spanien). 23.10.03-25.10.03.
- III Konferenz Xarxa Tematica 'Non Linear Dynamics of Spatio-Temporal Selforganization', Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. Barcelona (Spanien). 04.02.04-08.02.04.
- Vorlesung Stochastische Computation 'Johann-von-Neumann', Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Berlin (Deutschland). 29.09.04-01.10.04.
- M. Herrojo and F. J. de la Rubia. Internal fluctuations in metapopulation models. Vortrag auf der Departmento de Física Fundamental, Wissenschaftsfakultät, UNED. Madrid (Spanien). 15.02.05.
- M. Herrojo and F. J. de la Rubia. Internal fluctuations in metapopulation models. Vortrag auf der Departmento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III. Madrid (Spanien). 21.04.05.
- M. Herrojo and B. Blasius. Phase synchronization in conservation ecology. Vortrag auf der Arbeitsgruppe Nichtlineare Dynamik (AGNLD), Institut für Physik, Universität Potsdam . Potsdam (Deutschland). 10.05.05.
- M. Herrojo, J. Kurths and B. Blasius. Anomalous phase synchronization in conservation ecology. Vortrag auf dem Seminar und Workshop 'Nonlinear Dynamics in Biophysics', Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden (Deutschland). 20.06.05-15.07.05.
- M. Herrojo, J. Kurths and B. Blasius. Anomalous phase synchronization in conservation ecology. Poster auf dem Seminar und Workshop 'Nonlinear Dynamics in Biophysics', Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden (Deutschland). 20.06.05-15.07.05.
- M. Herrojo, J. Kurths and B. Blasius. Anomalous phase synchronization in conservation ecology. Poster auf dem 13 International IEEE Workshop für 'Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems', Institut für Physik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam (Deutschland). 18.09.05-22.09.05.
- M. Herrojo. Finite size populations in evolution. Vortrag auf dem Workshop 'Stanislaw Lem's Workshop on Evolution' , Fakultät für Biologie, Lviv Universität. Lviv (Ukraine). 10.10.2005-15.10.2005.
- Workshop 'Second Workshop Promotionskolleg', Helmholtz Institute for Mind and Brain Dynamics, Berlin (Deutschland). 28.10.2005-29.10.2005.
- M. Herrojo, The role of anomalous phase synchronization in conservation ecology, Vortrag auf der Abteilung für Nichtlineare Dynamik, Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbsorganisation und BCCN, Göttingen (Deutschland). 29.03.06.
- J. Bhattacharya, H. Petsche, M. Herrojo, S. Koelsch. Untersuchung funktionaler Zusammenhänge von Musikwahrnehmung. Vortrag auf dem Kongress 'Mozart und Science', Internationale Gesellschaft für Musik- und Kunstwirkungsforschung Österreich (IMARAA), Baden bei Wien (Österreich). 1.10.2006-4.10.2006.
- Herrojo Ruiz M, Senghaas P, Grossbach M, Jabusch HC, Bangert M, Hummel F, Gerloff C, Altenmüller E. Defective inhibition and functional connectivity in pianists with musician’s dystonia (MD): An EEG study. Movement Disorders 22:1-234 (2007) (Published abstract, poster presented at the Movement Disorder Society’s Eleventh International Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders 2007, Istambul, Turkey).
- Herrojo Ruiz M, Koelsch S, Joydeep B, Early right alpha band phase desynchronization and late gamma band oscillations while processing musical syntax. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Supplement, page 66 (2007). (Published abstract, poster presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society 2007, New York City, USA).
- Herrojo Ruiz M, Senghaas P, Grossbach M, Jabusch HC, Bangert M, Hummel F, Gerloff C, Altenmüller E. Defective inhibition and functional connectivity in pianists with musician’s dystonia (MD): An EEG study. (Poster for the Brainstorming III –Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, Hanover, Germany).
Employment history
Current academic positions
Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Goldsmiths University of London (UK).
Co-Director of the MSc in Computational cognitive Neuroscience at Goldsmiths (UK).
Previous academic positions
03/2018 – 12/2018
Guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Leipzig (Germany).
09/2015 – 2018
Guest scientist at the Charité – University of Medicine Berlin (Germany).
09/2015 – 09/2017
Director of the MSc in Music, Mind & Brain at Goldsmiths (UK).
05/2010 – 01/2018
Principal investigator at the Neurology Department of the Charité – University of Medicine Berlin (Germany). Research projects HE 6103/1-1 and HE 6103/1-2 funded by the DFG.
03/2014 – 09/2015
Guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Leipzig (Germany).
07/2009 – 05/2010
Post-doctoral position at the Motor Neuroscience Group of the Charité – University of Medicine Berlin (Germany).
09/2009
Ph.D. in Neuroscience (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Center of Systems Neuroscience, Hanover (Germany). Summa cum laude.
10/2006 – 06/2009
Postgraduate Program Systems Neuroscience. Center of Systems Neuroscience. Hanover (Germany).
10/2006 – 06/2009
Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training (EST-021014) Ph.D. contract at the Center for Systems Neuroscience and Institute of Music Physiology and Musician’s Medicine, University of Music and Drama. Hanover (Germany).
08/2006
Research stay at the Commission for Scientific Visualization, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Vienna (Austria).
07/2004 – 04/2005
Advanced Studies Diploma (MPhil.) at the Department of Fundamental Physics, Faculty of Science, UNED. Madrid (Spain). Summa cum laude.
05/2004 – 10/2004
Research stay at the Nonlinear Dynamics Group of the Institute for Physics and Astronomy, Potsdam University. Potsdam (Berlin).
02/2003 – 07/2004
Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program Physics of Complex Systems. Department of Fundamental Physics, Faculty of Science, UNED. Madrid (Spain).
09/1996 – 09/2001
MSc. degree in Physics (Theoretical Physics), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid (Spain).
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